Combination tool



p 1956 D. STRICKLAND 2,762,380

COMBINATION TOOL Filed NOV. 28, 1952 INVENTOR.

DA IS)" sm/ml/wm A TTORNEY United States Patent COMBINATION TOQL DaisyStrickland, Titusville, Fla. Application November 28, 1952, Serial No.323,021 1 Claim. (Cl. 13275.5)

The present invention relates to a combination tool and it consists inthe combinations, constructions and arrange ments of parts hereindescribed and claimed.

Generally there is provided a combined nail scissors, nail files andtweezers all included in a single instrument. The tweezers are soconstructed that when not in use they fold against the inner sides ofthe handles of the scissors and the handles themselves are made in theform of nail files thus providing an ideal instrument for carrying byladies in their pocketbooks.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a novel combinednail file, nail scissors and tweezers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterset forth which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufactureand yet effective and eflicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a device of thecharacter set forth, novel pivoted tweezer members forming a part of theinvention.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from areading of the following specification taken in conjunction with thedrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the device illustrated in Figures1 and 2, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating themanner of mounting a tweezer member forming a part of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown therein acombined nail file, nail scissors and tweezers comprising a pair ofscissors blades pivoted, as indicated at 11 with a preferably accuratepivotal construction and each of the blades having a bowed handle 12.The outer surfaces of the handles 12 are formed as nail files, asindicated at 13, and the inner faces of each of the handles 12 areprovided, adjacent the outer ends thereof with a pair of cars 14 in eachcase.

Pivoted to each pair of ears 14 by means of a pin 15 is an arcuatelyshaped tweezer arm 16 each of which is adapted to lie, when not in use,against the inner face of the associated arm or handle 12, as indicatedin dotted lines at 17, for example, in Figure 1 but each of which may beextended outwardly as shown in full lines in Figure l. The outer ends ofeach of the tweezer members 16 may be pointed or squared as shown, forexample, in Figure 2 at 18.

In operation, it will be apparent that the blades 10 may be manipulatedby means of the handles 12 in conventional manner to utilize the same asnail scissors. It will also be apparent that the outer surfaces 13 ofthe handles 12 may be utilized in conventional manner as nail files.Normally the tweezer members 16 will be pivoted upon the pins 15 totheir dotted line position 17 as shown in Figure 4 but when it isdesired to utilize the members 16 as a pair of tweezers, it is onlynecessary to extend the same to their full line position as shown inFigure 1 whereupon the handles 12 may be manipulated to thereby move themembers 16 toward or away from each other as desired and it will beapparent that the end portions 18 of the members 16 may be utilized astweezers in conventional manner.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein,it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minormodifications may be, made without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a manicuring device including a pair of pivoted handles, a pair ofarcuate tweezer arms hinged to the adjacent free ends of said handles toform a pair of tweezers when in extended position, said handles havingconcave inner surfaces adjacent their free ends, and said tweezer armshaving their concave sides lying against the concave surfaces of saidhandles when in non-use position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS650,869 Redfern June 5, 1900 702,516 Wilcox June 17, 1902 1,046,361Wulff Dec. 3, 1912 1,171,221 Marion Feb. 8, 1916 FOREIGN PATENTS 14,302Great Britain July 27, 1895

